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NASA sees Typhoon Saola's huge reach over the Philippines

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Typhoon Saola approaching Taiwan on July 30…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Tracks Compact Tropical Storm Damrey

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Damrey on July 30 at 03:21 UTC (July 29 at 11:21 p.m. EDT) and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Lung Cancer Mutations and Treatment Approaches

The investigators found that the protein encoded by this gene, called EPHA3, normally inhibits tumor formation, and that loss or mutation of the gene – as…

Information Technology

New Mars Rover: Digital Design and Testing Breakthroughs

It will reach the red planet on August 6, 2012, and begin to conduct various experiments to obtain new information, which it will transmit back to earth….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Record-Breaking 75m Wind Turbine Rotor Blades Installed

Measuring 75 meters in length, the blades are almost as big as the wingspan of an Airbus A380. Beginning this fall, the B75 rotor blades will be installed into…

Life & Chemistry

Drexel Engineers Refine "Diving Board" Sensors to Streamline DNA Detection

Researchers from Drexel University are in the process of refining a sensor technology that they developed to measure samples at the cellular level into an…

Environmental Conservation

Cooling, Not Population Loss, Led to Fewer Fires after 1500

“The drop in fire [after about A.D. 1500] has been linked previously to the population collapse. We’re saying no, there is enough independent evidence that the…

Physics & Astronomy

Mathematicians Develop New Method for Describing Extremely Complicated Shapes

Topology is a powerful branch of mathematics that looks at qualitative geometric properties such as the number of holes a geometric shape contains, while…

Materials Sciences

How to Avoid Traps in Plastic Electronics

However, a new study by a team of researchers from the University of Groningen and the Georgia Institute of Technology reveals a common mechanism underlying…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines: A Closer Look

Though VAWTs have been around since the earliest days of wind energy research at Sandia and elsewhere, VAWT architecture could transform offshore wind…

Studies and Analyses

Exploring Consumer Behavior: Insights from Everyday Products

Rows of chip bags in a vending machine, endless bottles of shampoo on pharmacy shelves, long lines of books arranged in the bestsellers section at the…

Life & Chemistry

New Seals Influenza Virus Raises Pandemic Risks from Animals

It is crucial to monitor viruses like this one, which originated in birds and adapted to infect mammals, the authors say, so that scientists can better predict…

Environmental Conservation

An avian flu that jumps from birds to mammals is killing New England's baby seals

This research is published in mBio.Wildlife officials first became concerned in September 2011, when seals with severe pneumonia and skin lesions suddenly…

Physics & Astronomy

Lotus Leaf Inspires Fog-Free Finish for Transparent Surfaces

“Superhydrophobic” surfaces, such as the lotus leaf, are excellent at repelling water and also boast other “smart” self-cleaning, anti-glare, anti-icing, and…

Life & Chemistry

Tumor cells' inner workings predict cancer progression

Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Tropical Low Near Philippines: Storm Potential

System 93W appears poised to become tropical storm Saola over the next two days if the organization continues. At 1400 UTC (10 a.m. EDT/U.S.; 10 p.m….

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